Higher domestic coal output helps reduce imports, says govt

The government on Saturday said that with considerable increase in domestic coal production, India has achieved a significant reduction in the import of coal despite surge in power demand.

Imports of all grades of non-coking coal has come down to 125.611 million tonnes (MT) during April-January period of the ongoing from 163.845 MT during the corresponding months of the FY’20, a decline of about 23.33 per cent.

The domestic coal-based power generation up to January 2022 is 815.72 billion units (BU) with an increase of 12.55 per cent over 724.746 BU during the corresponding period of FY’20, the coal ministry said in a statement.